Celebrities given black eyes, bruises for domestic violence awareness campaign

Pop stars Miley Cyrus, Madonna and stars like Angelina Jolie, Kristen Stewart, Gwyneth Paltrow and Emma Watson have appeared beaten and bruised in an eye-catching new domestic violence awareness campaign.

Artist and activist Alexsandro Palombo took head and shoulder photos of the stars and photoshopped wounds and cuts on their faces to honour the International Day for the Elimination of Violence. Palombo’s images of the beaten celebrities have now gone viral, reported Billboard magazine.

The campaign photos feature slogans like, “Life can be a fairytale if you break the silence” and “No woman is immune from domestic abuse”. It’s unclear if the selected women gave permission for their images to be used in the anti-domestic abuse campaign. Kim Kardashian is also one of the celebrity “victims” doctored by the artist. All of the released images, initially posted to his Facebook account, read “Life can be a fairytale if you break the silence.” It concludes with, “No woman is immune from domestic abuse #StopViolenceAgainstWomen.”

“The biggest accomplice of violence is the silence, a silence which every year kills or causes permanent disability more than diseases or accidents,” Palombo explained on Facebook.